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Locality Name:
Flintoffs Copper Mine, Gordonbrook, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 223095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flintoffs Copper Mine, Gordonbrook, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°27'50"S
Longitude: 152°40'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.463888888889,152.67333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg La O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg La O P Pb S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBastnäsiteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumCovelliteFluoriteLöllingiteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinelVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)BastnäsiteLa(CO3)F030
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS0131
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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